In alt.cyberpunk, Ross Winn  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com wrote:   
      
   > > Agreed.  Punk is dead, or at least, is merely a retro neo-punk revival.   
   > > Cyber is now nothing special, with housewives as likely to use the   
   > > internet as anyone else.   
      
   > Well, I would say that cyber encompasses a lot more than just the   
   > internet, though I do see your point.   
      
   You have a point as well.  I agree that cyber encompasses more than the   
   internet.   
      
   > > Old + average does not make for a cutting-edge social movement.   
      
   > Nor did I ever believe CP was a social movement so much as a literary   
   > one that had some eloquent arguments that applied to modern life.   
      
   Interesting.  I saw it as a deviant subculture, wherein the literature   
   was only one medium of expression.   
      
      
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   In the councils of government, we must guard against the   
   acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,   
   by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the   
   disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.   
   				-- Dwight David Eisenhower   
      
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